Politics

In 1945, most French people thought that the Soviet Union deserved the most credit for Nazi Germany's defeat in World War II - even though the Soviets did not play much of a role in France's liberation, relative to the US and Britain.

By 1995 and 2004, however, the French had changed their minds, and were crediting the US as the biggest contributor to victory in Europe (survey data from the French Institute of Public Opinion)...

Source: Olivier Berruyer at Les Crises blog

Submitted by John Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute,

One recurring lament throughout the theatrically dramatic campaign involving reports and emotional appeals by US intelligence agencies such as the CIA (whose primary function is the creation of disinformation) to ordinary Americans, that Russia had "hacked the US presidential election" is that for all the bluster and "conviction", there has been zero evidence.

Submitted by Joseph Jankowski via PlanetFreeWill.com,

While most Americans were likely watching the 74th Annual Golden Globes Awards and NFL football, the FBI quietly released another several hundred pages of documents from its investigation of Hillary Clinton’s private email server on Sunday night.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has vowed to liberate every inch of Syrian land from the New World Order’s control.  In a new interview with French media, Assad says that he will not rest until ISIS has been obliterated, and says that he views President-elect Donald Trump’s US election victory as a chance for improving relations with the West. Mehrnews.com reports: Mr. President, you have just met a French delegation of MPs. Do you think this visit will have an influence on the French position about Syria? This is a French question.